Peter Mettler
Overview
 
Peter Mettler is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.
Peter Mettler was born in 1958 to Swiss parents and raised in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. He became interested in the power of film and images at an early age, making his first films, Super 8 #1 and Reverie, at the age of eighteen.

He went on to study cinema at Ryerson University
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

 (1977–1982) where he made two short films, Lancalot Freely (1980) and Gregory (1981), and the award-winning feature film Scissere (1982).

It is at Ryerson where Mettler began to collaborate with many of his contemporaries.
Quotations

Donna: How can Tiffany get sick just when I need her to the most!!! Why does this happen to me?!

Raven: (upon entering the Tipton) Ooh swaaanky! Moseby: Thank you. We take pride in our "swank."

Raven: (Upon finding out that her Secretech messed up the the shoot) I ruined everything. EVERYTHING!!!

Raven: [To Zack and Cody] You're Juan, and you're Kveld. Cody: Actually he's Juan and I'm Keveld.

Raven: Oh snap.

 
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